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Walk Around the Block + TGIFF

Thursday, September 21, 2017

"Walk Around the Block" is my submission for Curated Quilts' mini quilt gallery for their second issue!

You may remember my first submission, which was accepted and will be in issue one! (The printed journal should ship this week!)

For their second issue, the inspiration was to be "log cabin" quilts with a set color palette. I'll be honest, the color palette did not trip my trigger. The only colors from the palette I had in my stash were pink and gray, and even those pieces were smaller than fat quarters.

I wanted to be true to my own likes, so I decided to work with the limited pink and gray color palette. Once inspiration struck, I ordered a bit more gray fabric to use as the background and binding. I used a very pale pink from my stash, and Kona Cotton Coal that I ordered from Stash Fabrics.

I used the good old fashioned pencil and paper design method to figure out the construction method.

To keep track of all my pieces, I used the letters from the Bananagrams game!

The organization made sewing up the quilt top pretty quick! The pale pink lines are only 1/4" wide!

I pin basted the quilt (as usual) with Warm 100 batting by The Warm Company. The backing fabric is Gray Snakeskin from the Backyard Baby fabric collection by Patty Sloniger for Michael Miller Fabrics. I had just the right sized piece to use for the back.

I started by using my walking foot to quilt inside the pale pink section with the Peach Pink thread. I initially thought two lines would be sufficient, but then decided to add a third line. If 1/4" quilting lines are good, then 1/8" lines are better, right?

Then I switched to the Light Brass thread and quilted on either side of the pale pink lines, following the same design. Each line is about 1/8" from the previous one. I used a large stitch length so the thread would stand out against the background fabric. Again, I questioned how much quilting was too little or too much.

I finally settled on two lines to the "inside" of the pale pink line and four lines "outside" the line.

I wanted to try something new with the binding for this one. I decided to add the 1/4" of pale pink fabric to line up with the design of the quilt. It did take a bit more planning than usual, but it worked great!

I love the look the bigger quilting stitches add to the quilt.

The finished quilt measures 14" square. It is my 33rd quilt finish for the year!

Now it's your turn! What have you finished lately?

Add your recent finishes to the TGIFF linky party below! It will be open through Saturday night. (Did you know you can link up a post from Instagram, Facebook, Flickr or a blog? Don't be shy! It's okay to sew and tell!)

20 comments:

That's such a fun take on a log cabin quilt! I love the quilting you chose. It really enhances the design. I've never tried getting my binding to match up with the design/colours of the quilt, though I love the way it looks. I'm not sure I can wrap my mind around how to get it all to match up! Thanks for hosting :)

Hi Laura,WOWEE - I love this quilt. Especially that really COOL binding - how clever. Good luck with your submission. I'm pulling for you. Oh, and I have the laser light to add to my sewing machine! I hope to give it a try with the command strips this weekend. Fabulous idea. ~smile~ Roseanne P.S. I didn't know you hosted linky parties. I'll stop back next week - if I have a finish! LOL

I'm Laura! I'm a quilter, pattern designer, and homeschooling mom of three boys. I'm also an ex-math teacher - and with a last name like Piland - there's a strong love of pi in our house! I'd love for you to take a look around and leave a comment so I can get to know you! Let's sew something together!

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